This is the first of a new regular mailbag series I plan to do here at The Athletic. The plan for now is that I will be doing mailbag columns on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Questions can be submitted on Twitter using the hashtag #PronmanMailbag or by email to [email protected] with the subject header Mailbag Question.

Now onto the questions.

@Ledgersko: Hey @coreypronman was thinking about Dahlin and Boqvist. How close are they in ability and where does Boqvist currently project?

I think the world of Boqvist but they are not close as prospects. Dahlin is one of the best defense prospects I’ve ever seen, in fact, I’m in tough to think of a better one that’s come around in the last few decades who was more impressive entering their 17-year-old season. Boqvist has a lot of potential, but he’s around your usual projection for a top 5-10 pick. Lot of offense, some risk on defense. Could be a very good defenseman, but there is no...